Is Zwirner’s Move in Asia Good for Chinese Art?

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“The influx of Western art will almost inevitably direct money away from Chinese artists,” said Josef Ng, the managing director for Asia at Pearl Lam Galleries. But he hopes that eventually, increased education and exposure will lead Chinese collectors to look back to artists from their homeland for “something new, something different and something more from this locale.”

In and of itself, Xu's move should actually have the opposite effect.

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